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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Nicolay, John Papers, 1792-1985, Ms1987-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Biographical Note

John Nicolay was a former Blacksburg, Virginia, resident and historian. The collection consists of papers Nicolay has used for his research on the history of Montgomery County, Virginia. The topics he researched included in the collection are poverty in Montgomery County, blacks, local churches, and the Edie Family of Christiansburg, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The types of materials in the collection include oral history tapes, slides, original documents and historical photographs of the area by Earl Palmer. In addition, there is material from Moutainside Magazine, edited by Nicolay from 1983 to 1984, such as writings by Beverly Brinlee, Jess Carr, Fred Waage, and William White.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged according to subject matter.

Separated Material

Several books were donated in 2016 as part of this collection, but were cataloged spearately for the Rare Book Collection: Nicolay, John A. Wake Forest Research Project, 2016. Nicolay, John A. An Electic History of Montgomery County, Virgina, 2018. (revised) Kessler, Clyde. Shooting Creek, 1982..

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Christiansburg Industrial Institute
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Nicolay, John Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).